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An armrest assembly (10) disposed for use with a vehicle seat assembly (12) includes a lower bin (18) defining a storage compartment (20) and an upper cover (22) pivotally coupled about the bin (18) by a hinge (24) between a closed position covering the lower bin (18) and an open position opening th

An armrest assembly (10) disposed for use with a vehicle seat assembly (12) includes a lower bin (18) defining a storage compartment (20) and an upper cover (22) pivotally coupled about the bin (18) by a hinge (24) between a closed position covering the lower bin (18) and an open position opening the storage compartment (20). The armrest (10) includes a container support (40) hingedly connected by a support hinge (42) to the armrest (10) and pivotal between a stored position in the compartment (20) and an extended operational position outside the armrest (10). The container support (40) includes a pair of arms (120, 120′) defining a pair of openings (132, 132′) for receiving at least one beverage container. The arms (120, 120′) are independently pivotal (126) to receive different sized containers in each of the openings (132, 132′). The openings (132, 132′) further include a pair of slots ( 142, 142′) for receiving a handle of the container. A floor support (150) is spaced below each container opening (132, 132′) to support the bottom of the container and retracts into the container support (40) to provide compact storage in the armrest (10). Further, the assembly includes a pair of disconnects (62, 64) disposed between the container support (40) and the support hinge (42) to allow the container support (40) to disconnect from the armrest (10) in response to an excessive force, to prevent breakage of the hinge (42).

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A beverage container holder assembly for a vehicle comprising: container support means (40) for supporting at least one beverage container, an armrest (10) having a compartment (70) for receiving said container support means (40) in a stored position, support hinge means (42) hingedly connecting sai

A beverage container holder assembly for a vehicle comprising: container support means (40) for supporting at least one beverage container, an armrest (10) having a compartment (70) for receiving said container support means (40) in a stored position, support hinge means (42) hingedly connecting said container support means (40) to said armrest (10) for rotational movement of said container support means (40) between said stored position and an extended operational position, floor support means (150) for supporting the bottom of the container, linkage means (152) for linking said floor support means (150) to said container support means (40) and including first (154) and second (154′) linkages, and characterized by including floor extending means (156) slideably coupling at least one of said linkages (154, 154′) to said container support means (40) for automatically extending said floor support means (150) from a retracted position adjacent said container support means (40) to an extended support position spaced a predetermined distance below said container support means (40) in response to a gravitational force applied to said floor support means upon said rotational movement of said container support means from said stored position to said extended operational position.